Bicycle cops shoot at car prowler outside Bumbershoot
Sep 4, 2012, 5:35 AM | Updated: 6:37 am
Seattle police say they shot at a known car prowler in a parking lot near Seattle Center and the Bumbershoot music festival on Monday afternoon.
The Seattle Police Department reports the two bicycle officers were working the music festival grounds when they spotted the suspect exiting the broken window of a vehicle.
Officers pursued the suspect who got into a Dodge Durango.
SPD says the officers fired their weapons at the suspect because his behavior in the vehicle posed an imminent threat to one of the officers.
The suspect continued attempts to flee the scene, but was forced to abandon his damaged vehicle. The suspect was apprehended by responding officers as he attempted to flee on foot.
No one was injured in the incident.
The 36-year-old suspect was booked into King County Jail for investigation of felony assault and on an active felony warrant for malicious mischief.
The officers will be placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure, and a Firearms Review Board will review whether use of firearms was within department policy.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
